Thulluvadho Ilamai (2002)

Original title

துள்ளுவதோ இளமை

Directed by

Kasthuri Raja

Genre

teen film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 24m

Rated

UA

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of six high school classmates from different backgrounds run away from their family problems. They decide to live together on their own with help from an older friend.

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What happens

Thulluvadho Ilamai (transl. Exuberance of Youth) is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language teen drama film written by Selvaraghavan, with direction credited to his father Kasthuri Raja. The film marks the acting debut of Selvaraghavan's younger brother Dhanush, who plays the lead role. It also stars newcomers Abhinay, Sherin, Ramesh, Shilpa and Gangeshwari, while prominent film personalities Vijayakumar, Ramesh Khanna, and Pyramid Natarajan play supporting roles. The film depicts the story of six high-school classmates coming from different strata of society, who have each their own problems in their respective families and escape from their homes, deciding to live together on their own with the help of an older friend of theirs. While the soundtrack was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, Viji Manuel composed the score. The film, which began production in September 2000, was released on 10 May 2002 and became a sleeper hit. It was remade in Telugu as Juniors (2003) with Sherin reprising her role. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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